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Lessons from the Apple e-book case

  • Written by: The Conversation

The Court of Appeals in the US has ratified Apple’s guilt in the e-book case. It was a two-to-one decision by the three judges on the Court. And it provides two lessons for Australia.

First, when industries are being disrupted, incumbents may collude with entrants to prevent competition.

Second, those who are calling for changes to our...

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Australian banks are still too big to fail

  • Written by: The Conversation

Last week, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) issued an information paper comparing the capital ratios of Australian banks against 98 international competitors, noting that the largest banks were above the median, but not in the top group of their peers.

Today the regulator announced an increase (from roughly 16% to 25%) in the...

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